Chapter 52

BONUS DAMIEN

- Don't touch her. - I vented all my irritation without bothering to knead the stranger's fingers. Then I pushed him away from Ellen.

He grumbled and tried to move towards me, but he was so drunk that he fell over his friends and gave up. I turned my attention to Ellen just as she became unbalanced in a dance move, but before she fell I managed to pull her towards me while keeping her firmly close to me.

- Let go of me! - She stammered and tried to get rid of me.

- I'm not letting go, Darling.

Ellen tensed in my arms and raised her face.

- Damien?

I noticed Nicholas talking to Ellen's two friends a few meters away. There was another guy with them and Nick was holding Arianna, who seemed to want to get to us. I looked away from the group and focused on Ellen.

- Why didn't you answer the damn phone, Ellen? - Concern succumbed to irritation.

She was too exposed there. I could see the other men analyzing her like vultures.

- Damn, I was worried and I hate that feeling, espe